Dubai Two men were accused of attacking a saleswoman with a stun gun and tying her up with a telephone cord and stealing Dh1.3 million before fleeing.
Prosecutors charged the two Kazakh men, 25-year-old I.Z. and 23-year-old T.S., with stealing by force the money from the Kyrgyz saleswoman A.K., which belonged to the trading company where she works.
"No I did not steal anything. I am not guilty," argued I.Z. when he defended himself before the Dubai Court of First Instance. His alleged accomplice, T.S., entered a guilty plea when he appeared before Presiding Judge Jassem Al Beloushi.
According to the charge sheet, prosecutors said the defendants pre-planned the theft and headed to the company's premises in the Baniyas area. The suspects attacked the woman with a stun gun and pinned her to the floor after she opened the door. They gagged her and tied her hands and legs with a telephone cable. Prosecutors said the suspects snatched her mobile phone so that she could not call the police. Then they searched the flat and took the money and her mobile phone and fled.
The woman testified that she took the money from her residence and headed to the company. "I phoned the company's clients to come and collect their money. I heard the door knock, and when I looked through the peephole, I did not find anyone. I did not open the door. Five minutes later, I heard the door knock the second time … when I looked through the peephole eye, I saw a man wearing a red cap and black sunglasses. When I asked who it was, I recognised T.S. from his voice. The suspects attacked me with a stun gun as soon as I opened the door. They pinned me to the floor and covered my mouth and tied my hands and legs. One of them banged my head down to the floor… then they stole the money and escaped," A.K. told prosecutors.
